Reinforce for shirts



Y. K. BUELL.l

REINFOHCE FOR SHIRTS.

APPLlCATlON FILED MAY 20. X919.

Patented Feb. 17,1920.

ML TL N EE WU IB IY.' G H U vw YOUNG K. BUELL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 17, 1920.

Application filed May 20, 1919. Serial No. 298,545.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, YOUNG K. BUELL, a citizen of the Republic of China, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new andV Improved f Reinforce for Shirts, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to reinforces for shirts such as shown and described in the application for Letters Patent of the United States, Serial No. 252,599, filed by me on September' 4, 1918.

The object of the present invention isto provideV anew and improved reinforce for neglige shirts and other shirts, arranged to permit the use of doubled-up material for the reinforce without danger of the material unduly 'puckering up and thereby7 spoiling` the appearance of the shirt. Another object is to enhance the appearance of the shirt especially if colored stripe material is used in the manufacture of the shirt.

Vith these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in

which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a front perspective view of a shirt of plain goods provided with the improved reinforce, part being shown broken out;

Fig. 2 is a rear perspective view of a' shirt of striped material and provided with the improved reinforce, part being shown broken out;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross section of the same on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a front perspective view of the same with part broken out; and

Fig. 5 is an enlarged cross section of the same on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

The body 10 of the shirt is provided at the median line of the front with multi-ply reinforced front flaps 11 and 12 adapted to overlap and to be fastened together in the usual manner by buttons `and buttonholes or other fastening devices 13. The multi-ply neckband or neck collar 15 and the multi-ply yoke 16 of the shirt are of the usual construction, and in order to reinforce the body 10 at the front along the neck band 15 up to the yoke 16 use is made of reinforces 20` each extending from the corresponding front Hap 11 or 12 along the neckband 15 to the yoke 16, as plainly shown in the drawings. Each reinforce 2O is made of a single piece of shirt material folded over on itself to provide a vdouble thickness, as indicated in Fig. 5.

The upper edges of the reinforces 20 eX- tend between the plies of the neckband 15 and are secured thereto by stitches 26 which also serve to fasten the plies of the neckband 15 together and to the upper edge of the shirt body 10. Each reinforce 20 is fastened to the body 10 by approximately vertical rows of stitches 30 which extend from the upper edges of the reinforces and the body 10 to within a short distance of the bend 31 at the lower edge of the correponding reinforce, as will be readily understood by reference to Figs. 1, 4 and 5. In case the shirt material is provided with colored stripes, as indicated in Figs. 2 and 4, then sundry of the vertical rows of stitches 30 are arranged adjacent to and parallel with the vertical colored stripes 32 on the body 10 at the front or bosom portion thereof, as will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 4. It will be noticed that these stitches 30 prevent the reinforces 20 from puckering up and cause the reinforces to firmly underlie the body 10 thereby providing strong reinforcing members for the body. It will also be noticed that the stitches 30 adjacent the stripes 32 enhance the appearance of the shirt front.

A reinforce 40 is arranged between the plies of the yoke 16 and eXtends along the rear portion of the collar or neckband 15 from one side to the other. This reinforce is made of a strip of shirt material and its upper portion is fastened by stitches 41 to the upper end of the yoke 16 and which stitches are also used for fastening the yoke to the base of the collar or neckband 15, as plainly shown in Fig. 8. The lower edge of the reinforce 40 is fastened by stitches 42 to the yoke a distance above the lower end thereof. The reinforce 40 practically forms a continuation of the front reinforces 20 and hence the entire neck portion of the shirt is reinforced to protect this portion against being easily worn through by contact with the collar.

It will be noticed that by the arrangement described the usual construction of the shirt is not interfered with and the reinforcing members and 40 can be readily attached to the shirt while the latter is being manufactured.

Having thus described my invention, l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination with a shirt body having overlapping front flaps', a multi-ply yoke and a multi-ply collar band, of front reinforces underlying the body, each of which is formed of a piece of shirt material folded over on itself to provide a double thickness, said reinforces extending from the corresponding front flaps along the colv lar band t0 the yoke and stitched at their having overlapping front flaps, a multi-ply yoke and a multi-ply collar band, of front reinforces underlying the body, each of which is formed of a piece of shirt material folded Yover on itself to provide a double thickness, said reinforces extending from the corornamental stripes responding front flaps along the collar band to the yoke and stitched at their upper edges to the corresponding front Hap, said yoke and said collar band, and approximately vertical rows of stitches arranged in spaced relation and connecting the reinforces with the shirt body, the said rows of stitches eX- tending from the upper edges of the shirt body and the reinforces to within a short distance of the bend at the lower edges of the reinforces. Y l

3. The combination with a shirt body of 40 striped material and having' overlapping front flaps, a multi-ply yokeand a multiply collar band, ofl front reinforces underlying the body, each of which is made of a piece vof shirt material folded over on itself to provide a double thickness, said reinforces extending from the corresponding front flaps along the collar band to the yoke and stitched at their upper edges to the said corresponding front flap, said yoke and said collar band, and v vertical rows of stitches connecting the reinforces with the shirt body, sundry of the said rows of'stitches being adjacent to and parallel with the vsaid of the said body.

, YOUNG K. BUELL. 

